Blog Archive - September 2011
26th Sep 2011 Viral Video Boom
The past couple of years has seen a massive boom in viral videos, but plenty of people are not really sure what they are. To put the record straight, and introduce this article: A viral video is...
20th Sep 2011 A Roundup Of Fontainebleau Guidebook Reviews
Over the years I've reviewed quite a few guides to Font. Thought I would round them all up in one place: Font A Bloc - Jacky Godoffe Fontainebleau Off Piste - Jacky Godoffe 7s & 8s (Vol II) -...
13th Sep 2011 On Top Of The World
Go back 3 or 4 years and one could argue that the UK was not really on the biking world map. Sure, Steve Peat was pretty special (and still is), but then along came the 2008 Olympics where Great...
12th Sep 2011 A Dangerous Bog
A friend in the village recently asked me if I would support him on a part of a long run he was planning around the Peak District. Having been on a few runs with him I was pretty wary. He moved to...
8th Sep 2011 Books Vs Kindle
A friend of mine recently bought a Kindle and has been raving about it. I had a go, but even though I can see it’s an impressive bit of technology, I just can’t get excited about it. There are...
7th Sep 2011 An (Un)Happy Customer
Received an emai today in response to a mail-out and thought I'd share it: Hi Matt May have mentioned to you that watching the film about the Leadville 100 MTB race at Shaff inspired me to...
5th Sep 2011 A Silly Rule Change
So Usain Bolt makes a false start and is disqualified from the final of the World Championships 100m. When I was a teenager the false start rule at athletics meets was fairly lenient. Each...